Given name
Rhodri
“a strong ruler”
Rhodri is a variant of Rhodree. One Welsh interpretation is “a strong ruler.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Rhodri is a variant of Rhodree. One Welsh interpretation is “a strong ruler.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Welsh.
How it developed
Its Welsh formation brings together rhod (“wheel”) and rhi (“ruler”).
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2017. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Rhodri through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 11
- 11 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2017
- 6 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 6 in 2017.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Rhodri’s family of names
In Welsh usage, Rhodri has a conventional equivalent in the English form Rory. Rhodri has a related form in Rhodree.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Rhodri
- Rhodri MorganFirst Minister of Wales (1939-2017)
- Rhodri MawrKing of Gwynedd who unified much of Wales and defeated Viking incursions (820–878)
- Rhodri Molwynog8th-century king of Gwynedd690–754
- Rhodri MeilirBritish actorborn 1978
- Rhod GilbertWelsh comedianborn 1968
- Rhodri WilliamsWelsh rugby union playerborn 1993
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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